Cable News Ratings Monday August 29: Rachel Maddow Boosts MSNBC, But Sean Hannity Still Wins 9 P.M.

Mediaite StaffAug 30th, 2022, 4:32 pm
 

The Rachel Maddow Show

Rachel Maddow, who now hosts her MSNBC program on Mondays only, gave a good boost to the network’s ratings this week, drawing 2.61 million total viewers and 279,000 in the demo.

Those impressive numbers were not enough to dethrone Sean Hannity, whose 9 p.m. Fox News program pulled in 2.89 million total viewers and 380,000 in the demo.

Still, The Rachel Maddow Show landed miles ahead of every other hour on MSNBC. Lawrence O’Donnell, who follows Maddow, placed second with 2.03 million viewers. No other host on MSNBC crossed the 2 million mark, and no host on CNN crossed the 1 million mark.

Here is a full breakdown of Monday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
898		 NEW DAY:
282		 MORNING JOE:
864		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
21		 EARLY MORNING:
26
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1176		 NEW DAY:
367		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
75		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
40
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1480		 NEW DAY:
541		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1595		 CNN NEWSROOM:
599		 MORNING JOE:
993		 NATIONAL REPORT:
131		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1623		 CNN NEWSROOM:
670		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
698		 — BLUE BLOODS:
70
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1683		 AT THIS HOUR:
645		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
651		 — BLUE BLOODS:
114
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1974		 INSIDE POLITICS:
729		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
724		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
102		 BLUE BLOODS:
143
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1542		 CNN NEWSROOM:
791		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
698		 — BLUE BLOODS:
203
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1459		 CNN NEWSROOM:
762		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
770		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
131		 BLUE BLOODS:
232
3p STORY, THE:
1488		 CNN NEWSROOM:
761		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
805		 — BLUE BLOODS:
255
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1600		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
706		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1559		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
245		 BLUE BLOODS:
303
5p FIVE, THE:
3488		 SITUATION ROOM:
703		 — SPICER & CO:
230		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
119
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
2421		 SITUATION ROOM:
655		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1449		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
192		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
67
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
2684		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
712		 REIDOUT:
1375		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
230		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
30
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
3389		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
761		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1568		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
167		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
43
9p HANNITY:
2898		 CNN TONIGHT:
588		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
2615		 PRIME NEWS:
118		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
63
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
2073		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
509		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
2030		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
182		 BANFIELD:
46
11p GUTFELD!:
2076		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
422		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
1173		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
109		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
40

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
183		 NEW DAY:
62		 MORNING JOE:
85		 WENDY BELL COMMON SENSE:
6		 EARLY MORNING:
7
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
184		 NEW DAY:
78		 — WAKE UP AMERICA:
11		 MORNING IN AMERICA:
5
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
171		 NEW DAY:
100		 — — —
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
212		 CNN NEWSROOM:
118		 MORNING JOE:
108		 NATIONAL REPORT:
12		 —
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
226		 CNN NEWSROOM:
143		 JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
89		 — BLUE BLOODS:
15
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
245		 AT THIS HOUR:
137		 MSNBC REPORTS- LIVE:
84		 — BLUE BLOODS:
13
12p OUTNUMBERED:
312		 INSIDE POLITICS:
151		 ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
79		 JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
3		 BLUE BLOODS:
11
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
233		 CNN NEWSROOM:
155		 CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
73		 — BLUE BLOODS:
22
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
183		 CNN NEWSROOM:
162		 KATY TUR REPORTS:
64		 AMERICAN AGENDA:
12		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
3p STORY, THE:
181		 CNN NEWSROOM:
185		 HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS:
70		 — BLUE BLOODS:
38
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
205		 LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
186		 DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
151		 CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
33		 BLUE BLOODS:
23
5p FIVE, THE:
451		 SITUATION ROOM:
172		 — SPICER & CO:
45		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
12
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
298		 SITUATION ROOM:
150		 BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
132		 RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
29		 NEWSNATION: RUSH HOUR:
6
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
334		 ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
151		 REIDOUT:
159		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
15		 ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
1
8p TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT:
482		 ANDERSON COOPER 360:
180		 ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
174		 ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
17		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
5
9p HANNITY:
380		 CNN TONIGHT:
143		 RACHEL MADDOW SHOW:
279		 PRIME NEWS:
20		 DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
13
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
298		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
133		 LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
203		 GREG KELLY REPORTS:
21		 BANFIELD:
6
11p GUTFELD!:
328		 DON LEMON TONIGHT:
107		 11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
160		 ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
17		 NEWSNATION PRIME:
3

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 580,000

Fox News: 1.8 million

MSNBC: 1.1 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 129,000

Fox News: 254,000

MSNBC: 120,000

Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 619,000

Fox News: 2.78 million

MSNBC: 2.07 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 152,000

Fox News: 387,000

MSNBC: 219,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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